单词 | federalize |
释义 | federalizev. 1. transitive. To bring into federal union, or a federal relationship; to bring in line with federal principles; (hence also) to decentralize, to take from the central authority and hand over to individual members of a federation.In quot. 1787 figurative: to bring into association. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > associate with for common purpose [verb (transitive)] > bring into association allyc1325 confeder1380 sociea1387 associate1398 sociate1485 companya1500 band1530 confederate1532 aggregate1534 colleague1535 join1560 enter1563 bandy1597 league1611 colligate1613 club1656 fraternize1656 federalize1787 brigade1831 society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > systems based on specific principle > [verb (transitive)] > federalize federalize1787 federate1884 society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > centralized or regionalized systems > [verb (transitive)] > regionalize or decentralize federalize1787 territorializea1834 decentralize1859 provincialize1885 regionalize1938 society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > principles of or attachment to types of government > [verb (transitive)] > make federal federalize1787 decentralize1859 1787 Freeman's Jrnl. (Philadelphia) 26 Sept. A general uniformity of acting in confederations (whenever it can be done with convenience) must tend to federalize (allow me the word) the sentiments of the people. 1801 W. Dupré Lexicographia-neologica Gallica 116 Fédéraliser, to federalize; to form confederacies, or factions, as that of the Brissotines, or Girondistes. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 June 12/1 Advice which may be condensed into one short sentence—Federalize the fleet. The proposal—decentralization—is not new. 1885 Manch. Examiner 6 July 5/1 We are asked to federalise our institutions, to cut ourselves up into four sections, each with a parliament of its own. 1889 Times 30 Oct. 8/2 He was not likely to suppose that we could federalize a part of a realm. 1944 Rotarian Apr. 40/2 There are and have been those who would like to federalize, let us say for want of a better word, all Rotary Clubs into a strongly united organization. 2000 Independent 21 June i. 4/2 The absence of collective responsibility should not be interpreted as implying that the mayor will ‘devolve’ or ‘federalise’ his powers. 2. transitive. U.S. Also with capital initial. To bring under the control or jurisdiction of the federal government or its agencies. ΚΠ 1906 N.Y. Times 9 Sept. iii. 4/5 If we can Federalize our canning factories and pork, cannot we do the same with our public schools? 1968 Listener 15 Feb. 206/3 In a dire emergency the President of the United States can take over the National Guard of a State, federalise it, as we say. 1990 K. Vonnegut Hocus Pocus xl. 295 The troops here were Federalized, a step I had recommended. That meant that they were no longer civilians in soldier suits. That meant that they were full-time soldiers, serving at the pleasure of the President. 2001 U.S. News & World Rep. 18 June 21/3 Congress has been responsible for broadening the FBI's mandate not just in the counterterror area, but by federalizing crimes like car-jacking and drug sales near public schools. Derivatives ˈfederalized adj. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > [adjective] > associated for common purpose federeda1382 confedered1528 conjunct1529 adjoinate1543 confederate1555 in league with1565 associate1600 banded1601 combined1603 colleagued1605 confederated1605 contesserate1606 conjunctivea1616 conspired1619 coalesced1765 co-allied1765 leagued1781 federalized1793 federated1793 in cahoot(s) (with)18.. interleagued1844 federal1867 1793 tr. in London Chron. 21 Dec. 605/1 The chain of the federalized departments has been broken, and the rebellions of Lyons and Marseilles suppressed. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 Apr. 11/2 He established in Australia 300 federalized branches of the National League. 1965 Ebony May 170/1 The determined Alabamians started a third time with the protection of a federalized National Guard. 2005 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 14 Mar. a10/6 More than $12 billion (U.S.) [was] spent on..devices to detect explosives, armoured cockpit doors, federalized passenger screeners and additional air marshals. ˈfederalizing n. and adj. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > centralized or regionalized systems > [adjective] > characterized by regionalism or decentralization federalizing1800 decentralized1851 decentralizing1860 regionalistic1898 regionalized1923 society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > principles of or attachment to types of government > [adjective] > relating to or supporting federalism or union federalist1794 federalizing1800 Unitarian1816 unionist1825 unionistic1840 federalistic1844 federationist1978 1800 J. Barlow Lett. from Paris, to Citizens U.S.A. ii. 53 The federalizing of states whose governments were monarchical or aristocratical, has not obtained any brilliant success either in ancient or modern times. 1800 J. W. Fenno Refl. Polit. Aspects U.S. ii. 25 It is worth while to enquire into the consequences of a successful issue to their Fœderalizing project. 1889 Spectator 9 Nov. 627/2 The federalising revolution even Mr. Morley himself ridicules. 1970 D. L. Lewis King: Crit. Biogr. viii. 215 The federalizing of the Alabama National Guard to provide protection for three black students entering the University of Alabama. 2007 T. Loughran Republic in Print ii. iv. 68 The federal moment was concerned with stabilizing and enforcing the federalizing fictions of a coherent American identity that had begun to proliferate across the North American seaboard between 1776 and 1787. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1787 |
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